Here’s the downside to having an Oscar shortlist: Completely sidelining great contenders so early in the season. One oversight by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music branch this year was the “sexy and dangerous” original score, as the pic’s composer Isabella Summers puts it, of Netflix’s feature take on D.H. Lawrence’s Lady … Read more
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains plot details for Season 2 Episode 11 of Abbott Elementary on ABC. There’s a bit of healthy competition between the second grade teachers during the midseason premiere of Abbott Elementary on Wednesday. Janine [Quinta Brunson] and Melissa [Lisa Ann Walter] are going head-to-head to see which of their classes can … Read more
Any return of Buffy the Vampire Slayer would need new blood, according to the television series’ original star, Sarah Michelle Gellar. Gellar played the role of the monster-slaying high schooler for seven seasons, ending in 2003. But now, as rumors swirl of a revival, the 45-year-old says it’s time to find a younger star for … Read more
UPDATE, JAN. 4: Television host Sharon Osbourne is back in action after a brief hospitalization for an on-set medical emergency last month. But she still doesn’t know what happened. The TV host, 70, returned to the U.K.’s The Talk on Tuesday. It was her first appearance since the Dec. 13 incident on the set of Jack Osbourne’s … Read more
A blog posted today by CEO Anjali Sud informed Vimeo staff that another 11% of the workforce will be laid off. Vimeo focuses on the delivery of high-definition video across a range of devices. Vimeo’s business model software as a service. The cuts comes a half-year after Vimeo axed 6% of its workforce in July … Read more
There was a clilff-hanger ending to Season 4 of Netflix’s Stranger Things. So when cast member Sadie Sink spoke this morning on Today with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush on what may come in the fifth and final season of the series, fans were all ears to hear what may happen. Sink sunk hopes of … Read more
Amazon CEO Andy Jaffy said Wednesday that the company’s recent review will result in the elimination of more than 18,000 jobs, a confirmation came soon after a report earlier in the day in the Wall Street Journal cited the total number of employees impacted by staff reductions that began back in November. “We typically wait … Read more
Columbia Pictures unveiled a sneak look at its upcoming film Gran Turismo on Wednesday at the Sony Group Corporation’s Consumer Electronics Show press conference in Las Vegas. Based on the PlayStation Studios video game, the film will be in theaters August 11, 2023. The film is the true story of British racing driver Jann Mardenborough, a … Read more
It was just a matter of time, wasn’t it? Already a laughingstock after six failed ballots to elect a Speaker, the chaos on Capitol Hill this week has now attracted some heavyweight satirists and mockery. After hours and hours of agog talking heads on cable news, Jon Stewart and Julia Louis-Dreyfus both took to social … Read more
Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and award-winning actress Sakura Ando have boarded Monster, the new film from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-Eda. Produced by Genki Kawamura and Kenji Yamada, the film is currently in post-production and is being lined up for theatrical release in Japan on June 2, 2023. Production partners on the film include Toho, Gaga Films, … Read more